叆 · ài
cloudy sky; dark, obscure
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
cloudy sky; dark, obscure
- Mandarin
- ài
- Cantonese
- oi2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+53C6
- Radical
- 厶 · 28
- Strokes
- 14 · Unihan
- Residual
- 12
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 叆
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
History & distinctions
Related forms
靉
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- ài
- kCantonese
- oi2
- kDefinition
- cloudy sky; dark, obscure
- kTotalStrokes
- 14
- kRSUnicode
- 28.12 7.12
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+9749
- kTGH
- 2013:5629
Readings across dictionaries
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- ài 0005.020
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- ài 003.040